Helping Hands Home Healthcare Agency is known and trusted to provide client-centered, family-focused care to the individuals we serve in communities in Central Ohio.

Direct Support Professional Job Responsibilities:

• Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.
• Fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served.
• Ensures client safety and maintaining a safe environment.
• Reminds and assists clients with self-administration of medications (with proper training).
• Encourages self-help activities.
• Reports changes in client’s condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors.
• Documents services provided.
• Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.
• Plans meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up.
• Accompanies clients to scheduled appointments and transports clients or running errands for clients.
• Assists with toileting, including bedpans, urinals, and commode chairs as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Direct Support Professional (DSP) Requirement

• Valid Ohio Driver's License
• Valid auto insurance with reliable transportation
• High school Diplomas, GED or equivalent

Direct Support Professional Skills

• Have the ability to work in a group home, home-like settings
• Good communication skills with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the company
• Have the ability to handle physical aspects of job, including bending, stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and walking for periods of time

Pay: $14.00-16.50/hr depending on experience

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $14.00 - $17.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Lancaster, OH: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person